Lessons from the Alaskan Family Wellness Warriors Initiative - Conference Report

Next Steps

We are grateful to all our speakers, to those who chose to share their personal experiences with us and to everyone who participated in the Conference. It was a valuable opportunity for us to hear from our stakeholders, including survivors themselves, on how they see services at the moment and what they would like to see differently in the future. We have tried to reflect that in this report and recognise that there is much more for us to do.

We also had the chance to hear about other models of care, particularly FWWI and CEDAR, and to learn from their experiences on what did and did not work, the levels of engagement and support that helped to achieve their outcomes and the recognition that there are often risks associated with any new way of delivering services.

The National Strategy for Survivors of Child Abuse has now been in place for nine years. Over the next year we propose to review the Strategy to consider what has been achieved since its launch in 2005 and to consider what still has to done. As part of that we will look at other models of care, including some of those that were identified as part of our discussions at the Conference.

Our aim is to have a revised Strategy that reflects where we are now and identifies clearly what actions are required and the timescale for those actions. We cannot do that on our own so, bearing in mind the clearest message from the Conference about community engagement, we will be seeking the support of all our stakeholders in the development of that Strategy. We would like anyone who has views and ideas to share with us to have the opportunity to have their say. We hope to let you know of our plans in the next few months.